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    Anybody with an ongoing webnovel want to trade critiques?

    It's a dark fantasy I'm trying to lighten up, super heavy on the camp and melodrama. It's based around flesh powered magic, so the characters get themselves into some really morbid situations that are both serious and absurd. Basically an insane god reincarnated an obstinate old lady into the...
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    Anybody with an ongoing webnovel want to trade critiques?

    Whenever. I'm a new author and don't have enough readers' feedback to make sure my story isn't going off the rails. (I'm sure it's come close) Basically just read each other's stuff as we go and give some feedback. It doesn't have to be anything detailed, just general thoughts. I'm not...
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    Newbie writer. Hoping for some tough love.

    No doubt. I think revenge is a really weak primary character motivation anyways.
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    Anybody with an ongoing webnovel want to trade critiques?

    I have about 30 or so chapters of my WN completed, but my biggest problem is I like to write a succinct story. Not a fan of wishy-washy narratives, pages of dry exposition, and endless descriptions detailing irrelevant worldbuilding, to me that's not immersive, it's just boring. (Looking at...
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    Cliffhangers! Do You Like 'Em Or Hate 'Em?

    Ah yes, who did Negan kill? Find out next year! No, cliffhangers are a lazy way to get the reader to return. To me, they're like an author writing a cheap twist the reader didn't expect to up the drama of his novel. A quick shock works for a minute but ultimately leaves the reader...
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